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Shona Definition
Paupenyu hwavanhu hazviwanzi kuitika kuti chinhu chakanaka chigosanganazve nechimwe chakanaka. Mukadzi akazvarirwa parugare rushoma kuti agondoroorwa pane rugare; kana kuti mukadzi akachenjera agoroorwa nomurume akachenjera zvekare.
English Translation
Two good things rarely come together: a woman raised in comfort seldom marries into comfort, and a clever wife seldom gets an equally clever husband.
Cultural Context
“Used about marriages where the partners are plainly mismatched in character and live together only uneasily.”
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