说到底 (說到底)
shuō dào dǐ
Pinyin

Definition

说到底 (說到底)
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shuō dào dǐ
  1. in the final analysis
  2. in the end

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
到位
dào wèi
  1. 1 to get to the intended location
  2. 2 to be in place
  3. 3 to be in position
  4. 4 precise
  5. 5 well (done)

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

说到底，就是你不该这么贪，也不该这么大胆，总之，我是没办法的，我还有会要开，先走了。
shuō dàodǐ ，jiùshì nǐ bù gāi zhème tān ，yě bù gāi zhème dàdǎn ，zǒngzhī ，wǒ shì méi bànfǎ de ，wǒ háiyǒu huì yào kāi ，xiān zǒu le 。
When all is said and done, you just shouldn't have been so greedy and you shouldn't have been so blatant about it. In sum, I can't do anything, I also have a meeting to get to. I should go now.
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