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到头来

dào tóu lái
HSK 7

English Meaning

in the end; finally; as a result

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
到头来有你们两届学生相送
HSK 7 00:02
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1. PREVIOUS

教书大半辈子

“at our plant.”

“And now, having you two cohorts of students here to see me off—”

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我的教书生涯

“I'd say my teaching career”

《岁月有情时》 · school_and_education
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到头来还不是自己的
HSK 7 00:01
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养了这么多年的痴呆儿子

“after raising this intellectually disabled son for so many years,”

“he turns out not to be his biological child.”

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这搁谁谁也咽不下这口气

“No one could swallow that.”

《开庭》 · crisis_and_conflict
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到头来发现是白日梦一场
HSK 7 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“I'm terrified that everything we're bleeding and dying for will turn out to be completely pointless.”

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我只怕我们做了这么多

“My only fear is that after everything we've done,”

“it turns out to be nothing but a daydream,”

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甚至没有一个人能记得

“and no one will even remember.”

《南部档案》 · crisis_and_conflict
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