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

上

shàng

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous

有

yǒu

to have; there is

天

tiān

day

堂

táng

(main) hall

，

,

下

xià

down

有

yǒu

to have; there is

苏

sū

abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃[Su1 wei2 ai1] or 蘇聯|苏联[Su1 lian2]

杭

háng

abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1]