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Shona Definition
Zvakaoma kuti mumwe mubereki abve abata nokufadza mwana womumwe munhu. Chinhu chomumwe haungachibati zvakanaka sezvachingaitwa nomuridzi wacho.
English Translation
Nobody looks after another person's child as well as the child's own parent would. In the same way, anything belonging to someone else is never handled with the care its owner would give it.
Cultural Context
“Said of the difference between how people treat their own children or possessions and those entrusted to them by others.”
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