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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
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上有天堂，下有苏杭 (shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng) means "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" in Chinese.
上有天堂，下有苏杭 is pronounced "shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 9 syllables.
上有天堂，下有苏杭 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
上有天堂，下有苏杭 is made up of the characters 上, 有, 天, 堂, ，, 下, 有, 苏, 杭. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.
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