In the 16th century, before the term mandarin became widespread in the European languages, the word Loutea (with various spelling variations) was often used in Europeans' travel reports to refer to Chinese scholar-officials.
Why do some people get smelly gas after eating eggs? I really love eggs, but I get really bad, sulfurous and rotten egg-smelling gas after eating eggs. This doesn't happen when I eat foods which contain eggs in moderate amounts (cakes, etc), but it does happen when I eat hard-boiled eggs or fried eggs. I don't get any stomach cramps or any other symptoms of allergy, however.
Burping gas that smell strongly of rotten eggs is actually indicative of the presence of sulfur in our stomach. This is the reason why this type of burps is commonly known as sulfur burps. The smell of sulfur burps or rotten egg burps usually comes from the presence of hydrogen sulfide.