1 tip

2 end

3 final stage

4 latter part

5 inessential detail

6 powder

7 dust

8 opera role of old man

1 Judgment Day (in Christian eschatology)

1 sheet

2 piece of writing

3 bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)

4 classifier for written items: chapter, article

1 weekend

1 stage props

1 thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive

2 once you've seen one, you've seen them all

1 lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)

2 fig. spent force

1 to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom)

2 to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details

1 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect

2 to stress the incidental over the fundamental

3 to put the cart before the horse

1 lit. an ocean of writing

2 an impressive literary work (idiom)