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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.

凉凉
Liáng liáng

With the popularity of the famous show 《三生三世十里桃花》, the term 凉凉 is actually the title of the ending song of the show.

The internet slang came about when a game streamer was playing the popular game PUBG (Player's unkown battleground) and when he died, he would say “凉了凉了”. 凉了 actually refers to death, or that the person is dead with no other options left. In a way, it is self-depreciating and self-mocking.

蓝瘦香菇
Lán shòu xiānggū

If you directly translate it, it doesn't make much sense.
蓝 means blue
瘦 means thin or skinny
香菇 means mushroom
So if you put it all together, it actually means Blue skinny Mushroom

爆表
bàobiǎo

This phrase refers to when a meter “explodes,” or the reader is higher than what the instrument can read.

Nowadays, this term has become a popular internet slang that describes a person who is awesome in some aspect.

It is similar to “off the charts”.

When breaking down:

爆 (bào): to explode or burst / to quick fry or quick boil.

表 (biǎo): exterior surface / to show (one’s opinion) / a table (listing information)

An example of the phrase used:
他 的 智商 爆表。
Tā de zhìshāng bàobiǎo.

吃货
Chīhuò

People use this to describe someone who loves to eat in a fanatic way (but not psychologically unhealthy) and they find that somewhat adorable. It is very rarely used in assaults.
However, its original meaning was meant to say that you are obsessed with food and only knows how to eat and not anything else. But with the advert of the internet and society's advancement, it has now evolved into a way to praise food critics and their understanding of what food is good.

他是一个资深吃货。
Tā shì yī ge zī shēn chī huò.

给跪
Gěi guì

This translates to go kneel or to kneel down.

1. When it is used on a person, it either indicates that someone is outstanding in an area that you admire him/her, or occasionally someone behaves in an extremely peculiar way that you cannot understand.

2. When it is used on an object, it implies that you are not confident of overcoming it. It is a clipped version of "给 someone/something 跪下了".

An example: (when used on a person)
他懂五国语言，真是给跪。
Tā dǒng wu guó yǔyán, zhēnshi gěi guì