門前の小僧
もんぜんのこぞう
- you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught) exp proverb abbr
Kanji
門
モン
かど • と
gate; counter for cannons
前
ゼン
まえ • -まえ
in front; before
小
ショウ
ちい.さい • こ- • お- • さ-
little; small
僧
ソウ
Buddhist priest; monk
Synonyms
門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む
もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ
- you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught exp proverb