kaoliang
Americannoun
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a variety of grain sorghum.
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a liquor made from kaoliang stalks.
noun
Etymology
Origin of kaoliang
< Chinese (Wade-Giles) kao1liang 2 , (pinyin) gāoliang ( gāo high + liáng millet)
Example Sentences
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Kinmen's economic future lies with China and its vast supply of tourists and kaoliang customers, Li believes.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2014
Kinmen officials are scrambling to reinvent the island's economy, seeking to increase exports of its famously strong kaoliang liquor.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2014
On top of the hill we shook hands with General Li Mi in front of his headquarters�a crude lean-to fashioned out of wooden poles covered with kaoliang stalks.
From Time Magazine Archive
The battle had begun in early August, when the kaoliang was still green and Communists encircled the strategic coal and railroad center.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Shantung province, in Chihli and in Manchuria, millet stems, especially those of the great kaoliang or sorghum, are extensively used for fuel and for building as well as for screens, fences and matting.
From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram)
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