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Shona Definition
Upenyu hunozoshatira munhu kana aramba achirwara, zvikuru ndonda. Hakuna munhu anotarisirwa kuita upenyu hwokugara arere panhoo nemhosva yechirwere.
English Translation
A sleeping mat cannot nurse anyone back to health. Someone worn down by long illness, who does nothing but lie there day after day, looks so wretched that others take him for as good as dead.
Cultural Context
“Healers cite it to press families into bringing a chronically sick person for treatment instead of leaving him lying at home.”
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