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Shona Definition
Kuti zvigutse vanhu vagoti unogona kubata mwana kana chinhu zvacho, chinenge chisiri chako wakafanira kutochibata nomwoyo wose, ndiko kuti vagotenda kuti uri kuita zvakanaka.
English Translation
Steering an orphan means taking him on your back. Whatever belongs to another has to be looked after with your whole heart before onlookers will agree that you are treating it properly. Hand a man his eggs to carry: thanks come to the carrier only where every one of them arrives unbroken.
Cultural Context
“Applied to a person entrusted with someone else's child or property, whose handling of it will be judged by others.”
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