到头来 meaning in English

dàotóulái

in the end; finally

HSK 7-9adverbTraditional 到頭來20 strokes

Meaning of 到头来

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

到头来 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

到dào头tóu来lái,我wǒ们men记jì得de的de不bú是shì敌dí人rén的de话huà语yǔ,而ér是shì朋péng友yǒu的de沉chén默mò。
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

到 dào · to reach · 8 strokes

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头 tóu · head · 5 strokes

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来 lái · to come · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 到头来.

看到kàndàoto see
找到zhǎodàoto find
回来huíláito return; to come back
起来qǐláito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
出来chūláito come out; to appear
得到dédàoto get; to obtain; to receive
听到tīngdàoto hear
进来jìnláito come in
回到huídàoto return to
来到láidàoto arrive; to come
过来guòláito come over; to manage
见到jiàndàoto see

Questions about 到头来

What does 到头来 mean?

到头来 (dàotóulái) means "in the end; finally" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 到头来?

到头来 is made of 3 characters: 到 (8 strokes), 头 (5 strokes), 来 (7 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 到头来 an HSK word?

Yes. 到头来 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 到头来 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 到头来 is written 到頭來.