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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 苏杭【Sū Háng】 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 苏杭【Sū Háng】 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