这道菜太咸了，你放了多少盐？

zhè dào cài tài xián le, nǐ fàng le duōshao yán?

This dish is too salty; how much salt did you add?

我口味比较淡，不喜欢吃咸的东西。

wǒ kǒuwèi bǐjiào dàn, bù xǐhuan chī xián de dōngxi.

I prefer a light flavor and don't like eating salty things.

海水是咸的，不能直接喝。

hǎishuǐ shì xián de, bù néng zhíjiē hē.

Seawater is salty and can't be drunk directly.