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Shona Definition
Vanhukadzi vose vakafanana. Munhu akaroora ngaarege kusiya mudzimai wake achiti kuda vasikana kana kuti vamwe vakadzi vari nani kupinda mai vavana.
English Translation
Bean relish tastes the same whichever pot it comes from: women are all fundamentally alike. A married man therefore gains nothing by abandoning his wife for girls or other women he imagines to be better.
Cultural Context
“Used to caution a married man against unfaithfulness or leaving the mother of his children.”
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