| 上有天堂，下有苏杭 |
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng |
lit. there is heaven above, and there is 苏杭 below (idiom) / fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven |
| 上 |
shǎng |
used in 上声 |
| 上 |
shàng |
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above |
| 有 |
yǒu |
to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional) |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 天堂 |
tiān táng |
paradise / heaven |
| 堂 |
táng |
(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:间 / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture |
| 下 |
xià |
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action |
| 有 |
yǒu |
to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional) |
| 苏 |
sū |
used in 噜苏 |
| 苏 |
sū |
variant of 苏 / to revive |
| 苏 |
Sū |
surname Su / abbr. for Soviet Union 苏维埃 or 苏联 / abbr. for Jiangsu 江苏 / abbr. for Suzhou 苏州 |
| 苏 |
sū |
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) / place name / to revive / used as phonetic in transliteration |
| 苏 |
sū |
old variant of 苏 |
| 苏杭 |
Sū Háng |
Suzhou 苏州 and Hangzhou 杭州 |
| 杭 |
Háng |
surname Hang / abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州 |