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Shona Definition
Panorwa nyanzwi imwe ichikurirwa panosara pachitaridzika kuti nyakukurirwa anga ari gambawo. Kazhinji nyakukunda wacho anosarawo namaronda.
English Translation
Eat even a small wild animal and a shred of its meat will lodge between your teeth; a beaten opponent still leaves his mark on the winner, and that mark keeps on irritating him.
Cultural Context
“Used to reject fighting altogether, on the grounds that the victor comes away wounded too and so both sides lose.”
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