到 dào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 至 reach, arrive 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
到头来
dàotóulái
in the end; eventually
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他们争论了半年，到头来还是采用了最初的方案。 Tāmen zhēnglùn le bànnián, dàotóulái háishì cǎiyòng le zuìchū de fāng'àn. They argued for half a year, but in the end still adopted the original plan.
- 他什么都想要，到头来什么也没得到。 Tā shénme dōu xiǎng yào, dàotóulái shénme yě méi dédào. He wanted everything and in the end got nothing.
- 她天天熬夜玩手机，到头来身体搞垮了。 Tā tiāntiān áoyè wán shǒujī, dàotóulái shēntǐ gǎokuǎ le. She stayed up late on her phone every day and in the end ruined her health.