A cleaver is a heavy kitchen knife with a wide blade, made for chopping through big pieces of meat and sometimes bone. You bring it down with weight, not with a long slicing motion. Butchers use cleavers; some home cooks keep a smaller one.

A cleaver剁刀 is是 a heavy kitchen knife with a wide blade一種刀刃寬大的厚重廚刀 made for chopping through big pieces of meat設計來剁大塊的肉 and sometimes bone有時候也剁骨頭 You bring it down你是用力往下剁 with weight靠的是重量 not with a long slicing motion而不是長長的切片動作 Butchers use cleavers肉販會用剁刀 some home cooks有些自己下廚的人 keep a smaller one則會準備一把小一點的

Though actually, the 菜刀 in many Taiwan kitchens is a cousin of the idea — a broad chopping knife — but a Western cleaver is often heavier, and more about breaking down meat than about everyday slicing.

Though actually不過事實上 the 菜刀 in many Taiwan kitchens台灣很多廚房裡的菜刀 is a cousin of the idea算是同一類概念 a broad chopping knife都是刀面寬大的砍剁刀 but但是 a Western cleaver西式的cleaver is often heavier通常更厚重 and more about breaking down meat比較是用來把肉剁開 than about everyday slicing而不是日常切菜切片

The word comes from an old verb meaning to split. It was also once a job-name for someone who split wood.

The word這個字 comes from an old verb來自一個古老的動詞 meaning to split意思是「劈開」 It was also once它也曾經是 a job-name一個職業名稱 for someone who split wood指劈柴的人

It has nothing to do with clever, which only looks a little like it.

It has nothing to do with clever它跟clever（聰明）一點關係也沒有 which only looks a little like it只是外型看起來有點像