无厘头 wú lí tóu

DEFINITIONS

  1. silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century

CHARACTERS

无 wú negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71
厘 lí manage, control; thousandth part of tael
头 tóu head; top; chief, first; boss