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
Meanings
- Expression don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous) (literally: if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep)
Kanji
- 梅 plum. Read as うめ.
- 食 eat. Read as くう.
- 核 nucleus
- 中 middle. Read as なか.
- 天 heaven. Read as テン.
- 神 god. Read as シン.
- 寝 sleep. Read as シン.