Word information
Simplified无厘头
Traditional無厘頭
Pinyinwú lí tóu
Part of speechDictionary
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HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
无厘头
wú lí tóu · silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century
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