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無厘頭

简无厘头 · 繁無厘頭

Mandarin · pinyin 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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2–2–2 · wu2 li2 tou2

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mou4 lei4 tau4

Cantonese word readings for 無厘頭. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

mou4 lei4 tau4

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(Cantonese or dialectal) nonsensical; whimsical; capricious; inexplicable (of behavior, thinking, performance, etc.)