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Shona Definition
Munhu anenge akanaka anowanzoipiswa navanhu. Norumwe rutivizve, munhu anenge ari duutuu anochenjedzwa navanhu vanenge vachimunyengedza nokumutamba dzakawanda.
English Translation
A trusting, guileless person is easily taken advantage of and suffers for it. Mixing with craftier people is precisely how such a person eventually learns the tricks and grows shrewd.
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This is a variant of
Ngwerungwe aiva rema / akazochenjedzwa navasikanaNgwerungwe was a dullard; it was girls who in the end sharpened him up.