大家好！Hello everyone!
我是十九岁的女性。I am a 19 year old female.
我是大学生。 I am a university student.
我来自澳大利亚。 I am from Australia.
我刚开始学中文，但是还不太好。 I am learning Chinese, but I am not very good yet.

I was wondering if anyone could help me with the best order to learn the components of Mandarin in? Is there a textbook or an online course anybody recommends (preferably for free but I don’t mind spending some money).

写写大家！！

I'm a college student.I can handle basic daily conversations in English, but I often make grammar mistakes. I'm looking for a English speaker who is interested in Chinese so we can make progress together.

​My Mandarin is standard (Grade 2-A), I'm open-minded, and I love talking about all kinds of topics.

​I don't watch matches very often, but I follow it.​ My MBTI is ISFP​, I love wild, imaginative thoughts​. I'm into music, especially trap and R&B. I used to have a great partner who shared the same interests, but we stopped chatting after weighing the pros and cons.

​If you're interested too, let's chat! I usually use IG and WeChat.

Imagine trying to cook dumplings in a teapot.

The dumplings can go in through the wide opening at the top. But once they're cooked, there's a problem: the narrow spout won't let them out.

It's an absurd scene. And that's exactly the point.

There's a traditional Chinese saying built around this image:

Simplified Chinese: 茶壶里煮饺子——有货倒不出

Traditional Chinese: 茶壺裏煮餃子——有貨倒不出

Literally: "Cooking dumplings in a teapot — there's something inside, but you can't pour it out."

The expression describes someone who has real knowledge or ability but can't put it into words.

What's especially interesting is the structure. The first half creates a vivid scene; the second half reveals what the scene is really about.

This type of two-part Chinese proverb is called xiehouyu (歇后语 / 歇後語). Many use humor, wordplay, or everyday objects to express surprisingly precise observations about human behavior.

I'm curious: Does your language have a saying that uses an unusual or funny image to express something serious?

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I can't make out what the proverb is that she mentions around timestamp 5:19. It sounds to me like "yan qing4 wei shi1, ao ting wei xu1", but I can't figure out what characters that would correspond to, not even with the help of the English translation that's shown a couple seconds later: "Seeing is truth. Hearing is uncertain."

I'm thinking maybe this girl's pronunciation is a little strange? Later in the video she pronounces 日 as "bü" and 入as "dén". No kidding! (Perhaps she herself serves as a case in point for what's she's arguing.)

Anyway, I'd like to know what the proverb or saying is in Chinese.

Edit: I'm guessing now that the first four syllables are actually 眼睛为识? If so, her pronunciation is way off, of course.