梅は食うとも核食うな、中に天神寝てござる

うめはくうともさねくうな、なかにてんじんねてござるumehakuutomosanekuuna、nakanitenjinnetegozaru

expression · Yodan verb with 'ru' ending (archaic)

  1. don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous)
  2. if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences