上有天堂，下有苏杭

shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu sū háng

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 上有天堂，下有苏杭

• 下 下 xià: down
• 堂 堂 táng: (main) hall
• 天 天 tiān: day
• 天堂 天堂 tiān táng: paradise
• 有 有 yǒu: to have; there is
• 苏 苏 sū: Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)
• 苏杭 苏杭 sū háng: Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[sū zhōu] and Hangzhou 杭州[háng zhōu]
• 上 上 shàng: on top