聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは末代の恥、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
kikuhaittokinohaji、kikanuhamatsudainohaji
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proverb
better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
see: 聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥