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Shona Definition
Hakuna munhu angaziva zviri muhana yomumwe munhu kunze kwaiye munhu wacho. Munhu oga oga ane zvinomunetsa mumwoyo make zvisingazivikanwi navamwe vanhu.
English Translation
Nobody can see inside another person's heart; each of us carries troubles that no one else knows about. Only the one who has tasted the thing can say how it really is.
Cultural Context
“Said of intimate personal burdens that not even parents, relatives or friends are let in on.”
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This is a variant of
Chinoziva ivhu kuti mwana wembeva anorwaraIt is the ground alone that knows when a mouse's young one is ailing.