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Tsumo · Upfumi

Kudada kwavari mugomo kukumbira vari pasi mapfihwa.

Zvinorehwa

Kungave kudada kana vapfumi vachikumbira zvinhu kuvarombo nokuti zvinoratidza kuvasvora nokuvaseka pamusana peurombo hwavo.

What it means

It would be arrogant for the wealthy, who live comfortably, to beg from the poor, since it shows contempt and mockery of their poverty.

Word for word

It is arrogant for mountain dwellers to ask for hearth-stones from those in the plain.

Mamwe mataurirwo

Kuvirima kwavari mugomo kukumbira vari pasi mapfihwa. (-virima: mock)

Kudada kwavari pasi kukumbira vari mugomo mvura.

Dzimwe tsumo dzeupfumi

Dzose

Tsumo · Upfumi

01 / 03

Zundu kugara mundove hunzi neni ndava mombewo.

What it means

Someone who stays close to a person of high status wants to be seen as important too; likewise a poor person who spends time among the wealthy starts to act as if they, too, are wealthy.

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