1 end of term

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 weekend

1 stage props

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 serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides

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. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse

2 in a plight with no way out

3 things have reached a dead end