上有天堂，下有苏杭

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[edit] Mandarin

simplified

 上有天堂，下有苏杭

traditional

 上有天堂，下有蘇杭

[edit] Proverb

上有天堂，下有苏杭 (simplified, Pinyin shàng yǒu tiāntáng, xià yǒu sūháng, traditional 上有天堂，下有蘇杭)

  1. Above there is heaven, below there is Suzhou and Hangzhou.

[edit] Usage notes

This is a famous saying; it praises the virtues of these two cities in respectively Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, the latter having Hangzhou for its regional capital.

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