Syntactic function vt[0]oN.postadV
postverbal coverb; transitive verb with an obligatorily omitted but lexically determinate subject, with its nominal object preceded by and modifying a verbal expression; traditionally: a preposition in postverbal position
These prepositions form a fairly limited class in classical Chinese. They are not a homogeneous class, but they do share a verbal origin. A case like 終 in this category is interestingly marginal, and one would like to know exactly why this word should not count as a preposition.
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