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Shona Definition
Pfungwa dzakadzika pamusana pechinhu chawakanganisirwa ndizvo zvinodya mwoyo zvichiita kuti muviri womunhu uperezeke.
English Translation
Dwelling on a wrong done to you eats at the heart and wastes the body. Endless brooding leads nowhere, like a road that simply stops.
Cultural Context
“Offered as counsel to people who take matters too much to heart.”
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