We say, "I love you" to our parents or significant other when we hang up the phone, not because we mean it, but out of habit.

我们会在挂电话时和父母或者某个重要的人说“我爱你”，不是因为我们真的想这么说，而是因为习惯。

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I mean because parents will not tell you things - nobody ever tells you.

我之所以这样说，是因为父母不会告诉你真相，没有人会告诉你。

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I mean it's not like a couple of parents I would say.

不是像父母那样。

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I mean, though our parents are from different families,

我是说，我们的父母都来自不同的家庭，

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It can mean that parents, teachers, and students in a community want to experiment outside the boundaries of the status-quo.

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