你还在玩泥巴呢
“you were still a kid.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
老夫当年领军杀敌的时候
“When I was leading armies to kill enemies,”
你 还在 玩泥巴呢
“you were still a kid.”
好小子
“Not bad, kid.”
“You were just an infant when I was achieving greatness, so show some respect.”
Elders in Chinese culture often establish authority or banter affectionately with younger men by referencing the vast gap in age and battlefield experience.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
playing in the mud (being a toddler)
A humorous, colloquial idiom used to describe someone's childhood or to remind a junior that they were not even mature yet.
Emphasizes the ongoing nature of a past childish state, lending a vivid and teasing tone to the assertion.