以老大自居

regarding oneself as number one in terms of leadership, seniority or status

old variant of 以[yi3]

old variant of 以[yi3]

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

to consider oneself as / to believe oneself to be

surname Ju

(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude

to reside / to be (in a certain position) / to store up / to be at a standstill / residence / house / restaurant / classifier for bedrooms