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Nyoka yaina duku

Shona Definition

Kunyange deno munhu anga achifara zvakadini, kana akawana chigumbu chidoko-doko pamwoyo wake, mufaro wake wose unobva wangopera. Hazvina kuti chigumbu chacho chidoko here kana kuti chikuru.

English Translation

However cheerful a person is, the smallest grievance settling in the heart can wipe out that happiness entirely. It takes no great calamity to unsettle someone — a minor upset is enough.

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