上有天堂，下有蘇杭 shàng yǒu tiān táng ， xià yǒu sū háng

Suzhou and Hangzhou are like heaven on earth

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
上 shàng HSK 1
to go up; on top; above
有 yǒu HSK 1
to have; there is; there are
天 tiān HSK 1
day; sky; heaven
堂 táng HSK 6
(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose
下 xià HSK 1
down; below; to go down
有 yǒu HSK 1
to have; there is; there are
蘇 sū
surname Su; abbr. for Jiangsu province 江苏jiāng sū
杭 háng
Hangzhou; surname Hang