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Shona Definition
Mudzimba anongoramba achivhima kunyange akasauraya mhuka. Anoziva kuti kuita rombo rakanaka hachisiri chinhu chingauya zuva nezuva saka anotoita mwoyo murefu nebasa rake. Munhu anenge achitsvaga chaanoda haarasi mwoyo anoramba achishingirira dzamara achiwana.
English Translation
Someone who knows his trade well is confident in it and is not thrown by anything he meets; the hunter keeps hunting even on days he kills nothing, knowing luck does not come daily.
Cultural Context
“Applied to any experienced person who perseveres despite setbacks, such as a farmer who keeps improving his land through long droughts.”
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This is a variant of
Hombarume haiiti shura nesangoA hunter reads no ominous or mysterious meanings into the forest.