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Shona Definition
Munhu akaipa hapana angamunatsa akagutsikana. Kwaari, zvakaipa kana kuti zvakanaka zvose zvakafanana.
English Translation
Nobody can claim to have got the better of a witch. A thoroughly bad character cannot be reformed by anyone, since good treatment and harsh treatment come to the same thing with such a person.
Cultural Context
“Said of someone whose wickedness defeats every attempt to correct them, whether by kindness or severity.”
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