Chinaman (term) is almost entirely absent from British English, and has been since before 1965. However, "chinaman" (not capitalized) is still used in an alternative sense to describe a left-arm unorthodox spin bowler in cricket. Most British dictionaries see the term "Chinaman" as old-fashioned, and this view is backed up by data from the British National Corpus. According to "Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage", in American English "Chinaman" is most often used in a "knowing" way, either satirically or to evoke the word's historical connotations. It acknowledges, however, that there is still some usage that is completely innocent. In addition, Herbst notes
"Five stars rise in the East" arm protector South Qiang" (討南羌) refers to the area that was first mentioned in a sentence in the "Western Han Essentials"'s (西漢會要) scroll 46 in relation to the four ancient commandery. The four are geographically today's Gansu Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye and Wuwei. When the two pieces are combined, it forms the phrase "Five stars rising east benefit China put down South Qiang" (五星出東方利中國討南羌), though the meaning is up for debate. "Five stars rise in the East" arm protector The "Five stars rise in the East" arm protector (“五星出东方”护膊) is an Eastern Han (25–220) to Western Jin (265–316) era brocade armband embroidered with