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到頭來 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
到頭來 ＝ 到 ＋ 頭 ＋ 來
ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄞˊ · dàotóulái
adverb — in the end, after all; when it comes down to it

字源 FORM — what the parts do

到to arrive, reach (到達)dào
頭the head, the end (盡頭)tóu
來to come (來)lái
到頭來，到達的到，盡頭的頭，來去的來。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

走到了路的盡頭（頭），回頭看結果。
You reach the very end (頭) of the road and look back at what it came to.
記憶法
關 · Related
結果jiéguǒthe outcome — the plain word for the same idea終究zhōngjiùin the end, after all — same adverbial slot