城门口的砖头，踢出来的城門口的磚頭，踢出來的城門口的磚頭，踢出來的

Bricks at the city gate: kicked into shape

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Someone who has been toughened up by hard experience.

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Simplified: 城门口的砖头，踢出来的
Traditional (Taiwan): 城門口的磚頭，踢出來的
Pinyin: chéng ménkǒu de zhuāntou, tī chūlái de
Bopomofo: ㄔㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄎㄡˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄓㄨㄢ ˙ㄊㄡ，ㄊㄧㄔㄨㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄉㄜ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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