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摔跤炫富
Shuāijiāo xuàn fù

祝你购物愉快
Zhù nǐ gòuwù yúkuài

If we breakdown the phrase:
祝 to wish or to congratulate
你 means you
购物 means shopping
愉快 means to have a fun time, enjoyable

An example: If you went to a shopping mall, the people from the mall may say welcome to the mall. “Hope you enjoy shopping here.” is what they exactly wanna express. 欢迎您来商场购物，祝您购物愉快!

欢迎光临
Huānyíng guānglín

Firstly, lets break down the phrase.

出 means “going out” or “exit” as a verb;

入 means “coming in" or “enter” as a verb;

平 means peaceful, peace, harmony, harmonious, tranquil, etc

安 means safety, safe, security, secure, stable, etc.

Now, combine the first two Chinese characters, it means “going outside and coming inside”;

Then 平安 should be combined as together to form a new meaning as “safe and sound as in an intact piece”;

店里有热水
Diàn li yǒu rè shuǐ

This translates to: Inside the shop, there is hot water.
This is usually found outside of restaurants in China. This is because Chinese loves to drink tea which is usually hot. If there is no tea, they would also enjoy drinking hot water.

Term breakdown:
店里: Inside the shop
有热水: has hot water

来都来了
Lái dōu láile

This translates to: Since we are already here, we might as well stay (or to do something).
This is a very interesting mindset as part of Chinese Culture.

For example: You and your friend are sight-seeing an island. You have spent three hours on a boat just to get there. It’s getting dark and the weather does not seem pleasant, so your friend would like to go back to the hotel immediately. But you would like to persuade your friend to try climbing it, then you could say 来都来了.

不好不要钱
Bù hǎo bùyào qián

This means that if something is not good, then to not pay or accept money.
This is usually placed as a notice outside stores, mainly restaurants. The idea is to provide a guarantee that the item or food is of satisfaction as a way to entice customers to enter their shops. This can also be used as a slogan.

甜过初恋
Tiánguò chūliàn

This is usually used to describe something being incredibly sweet. It is so sweet that it is sweeter than one’s first love. To the Chinese, first love is something is that pure and just overall, really sweet and romantic. That is why this is also usually used in describing romance.

To break down the term:
甜过: Sweeter than
初恋: First love

你真有眼光
Nǐ zhēnyǒu yǎnguāng

This term is actually a compliment, meaning that one has a good eye or good taste.
This is usually in the context of a salesman trying to sell something to a customer.

For example:
You are looking at a bracelet and you ask for the price： “这手链多少钱？“
Sales Clerk: “你真有眼光, 这是最新款的手链”
(Translates to: You have a good eye, this is the newest style of bracelet)

土味情话
Tǔ wèi qínghuà

It is often used to describe by those who are disgusted or cringe after hearing something horribly romantic

To breakdown the phrase:
土 means earthly but it can also refer to 'dull' when used in a particular context
味 means flavour. It is commonly used when describing cuisines but in this case, it can mean a distasteful feeling
情 means romance or feelings
话 means words or language

So if you put it together, it is meant to express the dull/cringy feeling towards something extremely romantic.

中秋节
Zhōngqiū jié

In English, it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, around the time of the autumn equinox.
It’s China’s version of Thanksgiving, very family oriented. It can be lovely to sit out under the harvest moon and watch lanterns with candles in them float off into the distance on a bay or pond.

The main dish of the festival is the mooncakes. As the festival is about worshipping the Moon, the mooncakes are to represent the moon -- a circular shape desert.