to hack to death; to kill with an ax

to chop off

to decapitate; to behead

machete

to hew; to cut down

to chop wood; to chop down trees

to bargain; to cut or beat down a price

to wound with a blade or hatchet; to slash; to gash

to attack with a bladed weapon

variant of 侃大山[kan3 da4 shan1]

wanton destruction of forested lands

lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom); fig. time invested in preparations is not lost; a beard well lathered is half shaved

to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)