到头来

(到頭來)dào tóu lái

in the end

Example Sentences

靠弄虚作假谋取的虚名浮利,到头来终究不过是竹篮打水一场空。

kào nòng xū zuò jiǎ móu qǔ de xū míng fú lì, dào tóu lái zhōng jiū bù guò shì zhú lán dǎ shuǐ yī cháng kōng.

Gaining fame and fortune through deceit and deceit, in the end, is nothing more than water in a bamboo basket.

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