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Shona Definition
Chero munhu wose ave mukuru iye zvino anotoziva kuti kare aimbovawo pwere, achiita zvinhu zvechidiki. Saka hapana zvechipwere zvaangataurirwa. Iyi tsumo ingatau-
English Translation
Everyone who is now grown was once a child and did childish things, so no one can tell them anything new about childhood — we have come from that field and know there is no sugar cane among the millet.
Cultural Context
“Said by someone older to a person trying to tell them about matters they have already lived through themselves.”
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