Chinese Proverbs -- 旧的不去,新的不来

jiù de bù qù , xīn de bù lái
旧的不去，新的不来

If old things don’t go, new things will never come.

It tells us that if you fail on things, don’t waste too much time regretting，just let it go and move forward.

Situation: Jason split up with his girlfriend recently and his friend Andrew tried to encourage him to move on with life and said: 旧(jiù)的(de)不(bú)去(qù)，新(xīn)的(de)不(bù)来(lái)。