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Shona Definition
Kana mumwe munhu akawanikwa nechimwe chinenge chamuwira, vamwe ngavaregere kumuti hamheno zvako. Munhu wose akafanira kuziva kuti rimwe zuva iye angangowirwawo netsaona yakafanana naiyoyo.
English Translation
Never mock someone's suffering, because the same blow could fall on you another day. Here nhamo covers every kind of misfortune, death included.
Cultural Context
“A rebuke to anyone tempted to jeer at a person who has been struck by trouble or bereavement.”
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