Definition of 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)

しんたいはっきしょうこうはじ

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

shintaihappukorewofuboniukuaetekishousezaruhakounohajimenari

expression
filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)(proverb)(from The Classic of Filial Piety)
Other readings:
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】
Related Kanji
somebody, person, one's station in life
body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
hair of the head
skin, body, grain, texture, disposition
father
mother
accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
break, destroy, censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined
wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point
filial piety, child's respect
commence, begin