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From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 門前の小僧
 もんぜんのこぞう
 Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
 see: 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
 idiomatic expression
 abbreviation
 you learn, without realising it, from what is around you
 a young monk outside the gate (can read sutras he has never studied)