院长

yuànzhǎng

the head of an institution whose name ends in 院; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China

noun HSK 3.0 · Band 4 trad. 院長

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院长今天很忙。

The dean is very busy today.

他是我们学院的院长。

He is the dean of our college.