# 到头来 (dàotóulái)

In Mandarin Chinese, 到头来 (dàotóulái) means “in the end; after all”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: in the end; after all
- Pinyin: dàotóulái (dao4 tou2 lai2)
- Traditional: 到頭來
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他忙了半天，到头来还是白忙。
  Tā mángle bàntiān, dàotóulái háishì báimáng.
  He worked hard for a long time, all in vain in the end.

## Characters

- [到](https://hanziro.com/word/dao-arrive/) (dào): to arrive; to reach
- [头](https://hanziro.com/word/tou-head/) (tóu): head; top
- [来](https://hanziro.com/word/lai-come/) (lái): to come

https://hanziro.com/word/dao-tou-lai-in-end/

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