别用刀子来切蛋糕。

Don't cut the cake with a knife.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 Bié surname Bie
=1 bié
  1. to leave; to part (from)
  2. (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish
  3. (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc)
  4. (bound form) other; another; different
  5. don't ...!
  6. to fasten with a pin or clip
  7. to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement)
  8. (noun suffix) category (as in 性別 xìngbié, 派別 pàibié)
=1 biè to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
2 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
3 刀子 dāozi knife

classifier:

4 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 lái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)
=5 qiē
  1. to cut; to slice; to carve
  2. (math) tangential
=5 qiè
  1. definitely; absolutely (not)
  2. (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!
  3. to grind
  4. (bound form) close to
  5. (bound form) eager
  6. to correspond to
  7. (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 fǎnqiè system should be applied to the previous two characters)
6 蛋糕 dàngāo cake

classifiers: ,