无法访问的if-else语句[重复]

我的if-else用来区分传入的短语是辅音还是元音，如果辅音，它将进一步检查短语结构。但是问题来了

if (first == 'a'|| first == 'e' || first == 'i' || first == 'o' || first == 'u'){
    translator.append(phrase).append(sound);
}else{
    System.out.println(phrase.substring(0,2));

    if(phrase.substring(0,2) == "ch"){
        translator.append(phrase.substring(2))
            .append(phrase.substring(0,2)); 
    }
}

The word i pass in is 'chair' and I tried to print out the phrase's first 2 words, and have make sure it is 'ch', but the follow if statement didnt run as expected. What had i did wrong here?