Definitions
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- noun A pair of Cantonese terms, homophones, used in English to mean "master" or "teacher" in the context of
martial arts , especiallykung fu andtai chi , also used to denote "spiritual father" in esoteric uses.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Harvinder and Alis 'drift "sifu" in the show's final episode.
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And there will always be something iconic for me about crazy old men in trees and the nefarious sifu who meditated on beds of nails.
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My dad was a sifu, a kung fu teacher, himself (among my memorbilia of him are two spears and a photograph of him breaking a cinderblock with his fist) but, alas, I never learned much beyond ma from him, to my everlasting regret.
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This teaser for Donnie Yen's IP MAN 2, the second of his still-in-progress trilogy about Bruce Lee's sifu, ends before Yen's Wing Chun using hero and Sammo's Hung Gar master villain actually fight, but look at how badass Sammo appears here, even in what's little more than a glimpse:
Mini Reviews Too Late Walter Jon Williams 2010
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“If you really want to find out about Chinatown, you should come to one of our practices and talk to my sifu,” he told me, a touch of pride in his voice.
American Chinatown Bonnie Tsui 2009
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Chin put on his strict sifu face and began barking orders: Clean up this room!
American Chinatown Bonnie Tsui 2009
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Above: Or you get a lesson at the feet of the sifu on identification
Archive 2009-03-01 Glenda Larke 2009
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“If you really want to find out about Chinatown, you should come to one of our practices and talk to my sifu,” he told me, a touch of pride in his voice.
American Chinatown Bonnie Tsui 2009
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Above: Or you get a lesson at the feet of the sifu on identification
Where I've been Glenda Larke 2009
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Chin put on his strict sifu face and began barking orders: Clean up this room!
American Chinatown Bonnie Tsui 2009
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