Expression Meaning 身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始なり
しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり
shintaihappukoreofubo ni ukuaetekishousezaruhakou no hajimenari
身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始なり is a Japanese expression that means filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents).
Short Meaning
English
- filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
Reading
Kana
しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり
Romaji
shintaihappukoreofubo ni ukuaetekishousezaruhakou no hajimenari
Writing Variants
- 身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり shintaihappukoreofubo ni ukuaetekishousezaruhakou no hajimenari