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Shona Definition
Nzara norufu zvakasiyana. Ukabatsira munhu kupunyuka parufu haakukanganwi. Asi kana ukaponesa munhu panzara, haabvumi kuti wamurwira panjodzi huru.
English Translation
Save the one seized by the leopard, for the one you saved from hunger will claim he pulled through by his own cleverness. Snatching a person from death earns lasting gratitude, while feeding the starving is easily forgotten.
Cultural Context
“Invoked when weighing which kind of help truly puts someone in your debt.”
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