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说到底

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说到底就是……

Definition

说到底

Literally means:

in the final analysis

Actually means:

to sum up

It means talking about the essential part or summing up the fundamental point.

说到最根本的地方,归结到根本上。

Example

Used as adverbial adjunct. (作状语)
1
Zhè
sài
比赛
shū
de
zhème
这么
cǎn
  
,
shuōdào
说到底
  
,
háishi
还是
men
我们
de
shí
实力
不如
rén
  

This game lost so badly, in the final analysis, or our strength is not as good as people.

2
néng
huò
获得
chénggōng
成功
  
,
shuōdào
说到底
háishi
还是
自己
努力
pīn
拼搏
de
jiēguǒ
结果
  
,
biéren
别人
de
bāngzhù
帮助
le
duō
zuòyòng
作用
  

He can succeed, in the final analysis is the result of his own hard work, other people's help will not do much.

3
shí
其实
  
,
xìng
幸福
shuōdào
说到底
jiùshì
就是
zhǒng
自我
gǎnjué
感觉
  
juéde
觉得
xìng
幸福
  
,
jiùshì
就是
xìng
幸福
de
le
  
,
biéren
别人
zěnme
怎么
shuō
  
zěnme
怎么
kàn
dōu
shì
guānjǐnyào
无关紧要
de
  

In fact, happiness is, in the final analysis, a feeling of self. You think you are happy, you are happy, what others say, how to see are irrelevant.

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