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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

paddle one's own canoe
  1. 1. [Spoken] 管好自己的事;独力谋生,独力支撑

Collins English-English Dictionary

paddle one's own canoe
  1. 1. vb to be self-sufficient
  2. 2. vb to mind one's own business

Examples

to be up the creek (without a paddle)
[inf] 处于困境
to go for a paddle
去戏水
Each comb plate is a simple rectangular paddle composed of cilia.
每个栉板都是纤毛组成的矩形的桨。
A makeshift boat and sail have been flung together and there are soldiers in it trying to paddle.
一个简易船和帆被仓促地装在一起,有士兵在里面努力划桨。
the paddle of a whale and the fin of a fish are analogous
the wing of a bat and the paddle of a whale are homologous
to go for a paddle upstream
a paddle steamer
to model one's behavior on that of one's father
仿效父亲的举止
to put one's mind on one's work
专心于工作

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