上有天堂，下有苏杭

Mandarin

simpl.		上有天堂，下有苏杭
trad.		上有天堂，下有蘇杭

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, simplified 上有天堂，下有苏杭)

1. There is heaven above and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below. This phrase praises the virtues of these two cities in respectively Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

References

• "上有天堂，下有苏杭" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2009-04-12.

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