到
头
来

In the end in Chinese: 到头来 (dào tóu lái)

dào tóu lái

in the end

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 到頭來1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1in the end
  2. 2finally
  3. 3as a result

Stroke order

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到
头
来

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄠˋ

dào

ㄉ/ dㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄊㄡˊ

tóu

ㄊ/ tㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

到头来

Simplified

到頭來

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他忙了一整年，到头来什么也没得到。

    tā máng le yì zhěng nián， dào tóu lái shén me yě méi dé dào。

    He stayed busy the whole year, but in the end got nothing.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

到

dào

to reach

头

tóu

head

迟到

chí dào

to arrive late

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

遇到

yù dào

to meet

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

到处

dào chù

everywhere

到底

dào dǐ

finally

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

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