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Tsumo · Kushanda

Badza guru ipa murimi, kuripa simbe inovata naro.

Zvinorehwa

Zvipo kana zvinhu zvinokosha ngazvipiwe kune vanoshanda nazvo, nokuti vane usimbe havazozvishandisi zvakanaka.

What it means

Give valuable resources to those who will actually work with them; a lazy person will let a good tool go to waste.

Word for word

Give a big hoe to a hard worker; give it to a lazy person, he only sleeps with it.

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Dzose

Tsumo · Kushanda

01 / 03

Akanga nyimo awangarara.

What it means

Stay attentive to the task at hand, since neglect or carelessness while something important is underway can cause it to be ruined, just as roasting groundnuts left unattended will burn.

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