Maneuvering toward death

Hmm. Well, the Bing translator says: 'Prince Gong the new rich', but as that makes not a lot of sense I'll bow out with a grin. :)

Happy New Year to you all!

Gong the new rich prince? New Years' Honours, perhaps?

Happy new year!

Old style characters always confuse modern machine translators. As an old character, I appreciate that difficulty.

Google translator says: "Congratulations fortune". Maybe it's because of the old characters that it's not translating it correctly. I'm thinking it means to convey a wish for a prosperous New Year to everyone?

Try "Gong Xi Fa Cai"

Gong Xi=respectfully wishing joy

Fa Cai=becoming wealthy or prosperous

A traditional New Year greeting, but not the literal 新年快樂 or Xin Nian Kuai Le. Very practical, the Chinese.

Also written Gung Hoi Fat Choi - depending what part of China you're from.