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Shona Definition
Hazviyamuri kuti munhu akonewe kuita chinhu chaanga akafanira kuita nemhosva yeshungu. Zvinoratidza kupusa kana munhu achiramwa kudya sadza nemhosva yokuti atadzirwa; zvikuru kana munhu wacho ari murombo, asina kumwe kwaangawana sadza.
English Translation
Temper gains nobody anything: it is foolish to turn down what you need because you have been wronged. A poor man in particular should hold himself in check and wait for his opportunity.
Cultural Context
“Applied to someone who refuses to eat because he has taken offence.”
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