Definition of "kaoliang" []

• A distilled alcoholic drink made from sorghum. (noun)

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• "•Be careful if drinking kaoliang, a potent sorghum liquor."
• "As in the West, alcohol in Taiwanese culture is a social lubricant, the imbibing of which is seen by many as a measure of fortitude and spunk -- particularly if drinkers knock down a shot of hard liquor like kaoliang in one gulp."
• "Cross-pollination with a wild Chinese sorghum seems the most likely reason why the sorghum now found in China (the kaoliang group) has its own distinctive character."