Definition of 聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは末代の恥 (きくはいっときのはじきかぬはまつだいのはじ)

いっときはじまつだいはじ

聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは末代の恥

きくはいっときのはじきかぬはまつだいのはじ

kikuhaittokinohajikikanuhamatsudainohaji

expression
better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know(proverb)
Related Kanji
hear, ask, listen
one, one radical (no.1)
time, hour
shame, dishonor
end, close, tip, powder, posterity
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee