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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
院長 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
院長 ＝ 院 ＋ 長
ㄩㄢˋ ㄓㄤˇ · yuànzhǎng
noun — president; director; dean; chief justice (head of an institutional body)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

院institution; courtyard (醫院)yuàn
長head; chief; elder (師長)zhǎng
院長，醫院的院，師長的長。
關 · Related
院士yuànshìacademician — the same 院 in a prestigious academic institution部長bùzhǎngminister — the same 長 as institutional chief