Word: 切 (qiè, qiē)

他切菜的动作很熟练。

Tā qiē cài de dòngzuò hěn shúliàn.

He is very practiced at chopping vegetables.

切丝要看刀工，我还不行。

Qiē sī yào kàn dāogōng, wǒ hái bùxíng.

Cutting shreds takes knife skills, and I'm not there yet.

切完肉，请把砧板洗干净。

Qiē wán ròu, qǐng bǎ zhēnbǎn xǐ gānjìng.

After cutting the meat, please wash the chopping board clean.

切菜刀剃头,太悬乎

qiē càidāo tìtóu,tài xuánhū

shaving a head with a kitchen cleaver: far too risky

切……讨厌！

Qiē……tǎoyàn!

Urgh... annoying!

卖肉的切豆腐，不在话下

màiròu de qiē dòufu, búzàihuàxià

a butcher cutting tofu: not worth mentioning

她切菜时不慎划破了手指。

Tā qiē cài shí búshèn huápòle shǒuzhǐ.

She carelessly cut her finger while chopping vegetables.

将苹果切丁。

Jiāng píngguǒ qiē Dīng.

Dice the apple.

我切开一颗苹果。

Wǒ qiē kāi yì kē píngguǒ.

I cut an apple.

我刚刚切到手指了。

Wǒ gānggang qiē dào shǒuzhǐ le.

I just cut my finger.

我妈妈用菜刀切土豆丝。

Wǒ māma yòng càidāo qiē tǔdòusī.

My mom uses a vegetable knife to shred potatoes.

把土豆切一下。

Bǎ tǔdòu qiē yíxià.

Cut the potatoes.

横里切藕，多心眼儿

héng lǐ qiē ǒu, duō xīnyǎnr

cutting a lotus root crosswise: many holes

没骨头的软肉，想怎么切就怎么切

méigútou de ruǎn ròu, xiǎng zěnme qiē jiù zěnme qiē

soft meat with no bones: cut it however you like

热天切西瓜，一刀见红白

rètiān qiē xīguā, yì dāo jiàn hóngbái

cutting a watermelon in summer: one cut shows red and white

练好刀工，要多切土豆。

Liàn hǎo dāogōng, yào duō qiē tǔdòu.

To improve your knife skills, cut lots of potatoes.

这把刀不好切东西。

Zhè bǎ dāo bù hǎo qiē dōngxi.

This knife doesn't cut well.

马蹄刀瓢里切菜，滴水不漏

mǎtídāo piáo li qiē cài, dīshuǐbúlòu

Cutting vegetables with a horseshoe knife in a gourd ladle: not a drop leaks