Entry
  1. in the end; finally; as a result

    trad. 到頭來

Also written 到頭來【dào tóu lái】

Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to reach; to arrive, to leave for; to go to, to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point), (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point), considerate; thoughtful; thorough

Pinyin
dào
Strokes
8
Frequency
48 of 2500
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]), ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

Pinyin
lái
Traditional
Strokes
7
Frequency
33 of 2500