到头来 (到頭來)
dào tóu lái
Pinyin

Definition

到头来 (到頭來)
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dào tóu lái
  1. in the end
  2. finally
  3. as a result

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

到
dào
  1. 1 to (a place)
  2. 2 until (a time)
  3. 3 up to
  4. 4 to go
  5. 5 to arrive
  6. 6 (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
不到
bù dào
  1. 1 not to arrive
  2. 2 not reaching
  3. 3 insufficient
  4. 4 less than
来到
lái dào
  1. 1 to come
  2. 2 to arrive
做到
zuò dào
  1. 1 to accomplish
  2. 2 to achieve
到来
dào lái
  1. 1 to arrive
  2. 2 arrival
  3. 3 advent

Idioms (20)

一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
  1. 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
  3. 3 to cling to one's course
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
  1. 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
事到临头
shì dào lín tóu
  1. 1 when things come to a head (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哦，是这样啊。这会有人接受吗？现在房价这么高，老百姓辛苦一辈子买套房，到头来，人、财、房三空，赤条条地来，赤条条地走。
ò ，shì zhèyàng ā 。zhè huì yǒurén jiēshòu ma ？xiànzài fángjià zhème gāo ，lǎobǎixìng xīnkǔ yībèizi mǎi tào fáng ，dàotóulái ，rén 、cái 、fáng sān kòng ，chìtiáotiáo de lái ，chìtiáotiáo de zǒu 。
Oh, that's what it is. Will people accept this? Nowadays housing prices are so high. Average people work hard their whole lives to buy a house. In the end, the person, their money and their house are all gone, coming into this world with nothing and leaving nothing behind.
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你懂什么，中国人学英语那么多年，到头来还是哑巴英语。喏，这是我新买的疯狂教学法，目的就是要开口说英语。
nǐ dǒng shénme ，Zhōngguórén xué Yīngyǔ nàme duō nián ，dàotóulái háishì yǎbā Yīngyǔ 。nuò ，zhè shì wǒ xīn mǎi de fēngkuáng jiàoxué fǎ ，mùdì jiùshì yào kāikǒu shuō Yīngyǔ 。
What do you know? Chinese people study English for so many years, and in the end, they're still mute. Look, this is the new 'crazy' teaching method I bought. The goal is to open your mouth and start speaking English.
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