it's like not so much about following these rules, these guidelines of what you're supposed to do.

这不是循规蹈矩，遵循你该做什么的指导。

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But what really happens is as you go on in chemistry, you draw so many of these you can just draw them without following the rules.

但是随着你在化学上的深入，你会画很多路易斯结构,以至于你可以不用管这些规则就能直接画出来。

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