the teacher of one's teacher; the father of one's teacher
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
名詞
師傅嘅師傅或者父親 father or master of master
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun, Min-Nan
Taoist priest
noun
the sifu's sifu in a Chinese martial arts school, where the seniority is not based on the student's age or level of skill, but on the chronological order of following a particular sifu
师公得知,连丧他两个得意门人,自然心痛,且防天下人耻笑武当山武艺不及少林寺精妙,岂不失了威名?
師公得知,連喪他兩個得意門人,自然心痛,且防天下人恥笑武當山武藝不及少林寺精妙,豈不失了威名?
shī gōng dé zhī , lián sàng tā liǎng ge dé yì mén rén , zì rán xīn tòng , qiě fáng tiān xià rén chǐ xiào wǔ dāng shān wǔ yì bù jí shào lín sì jīng miào , qǐ bù shī le wēi míng ?
When my shigong knows that he lost two of his proud disciples, he will naturally have a heartache, and in preventing everyone from ridiculing that the martial arts of the Wudang Mountains is not as fine as that of the Shaolin Monastery, would he not lose his reputation?