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上有天堂，下有苏杭【shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng】

lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Su1 Hang2] below (idiom)
fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven

上有天堂，下有苏杭【shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng】

lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Su1 Hang2] below (idiom)
fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven

上

HSK 11

含义top; superior, highest; go up, send up

拼音shàng

有

HSK 11

含义have, own, possess; exist

拼音yǒu

天

HSK 14

含义sky, heaven; god, celestial

拼音tiān

堂

HSK 23

含义hall; government office

拼音táng

下

HSK 11

含义under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down

拼音xià

苏

HSK 6

含义revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'

拼音sū

杭

含义cross stream; navigate

拼音háng