以前是个泥腿子
“used to be a peasant.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是我听说这女将军
“But I heard this female general”
以前 是个泥腿子
“used to be a peasant.”
“She may hold military rank now, but she's just an uncultured peasant at heart.”
Imperial aristocratic elites often looked down on military figures who rose from peasant backgrounds, viewing them as lacking refinement and proper breeding.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
mud-legged peasant; rustic commoner
A colloquial, often derogatory term for impoverished barefoot agricultural laborers who worked in muddy fields.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“when I was little,”
“I used to be immature.”
“and he's a cripple?”
“It must be because of your leg injury from yesterday.”
“is no longer what it used to be.”
“There's plenty of mud on your shoes.”