孔子说：“有些人喜欢研究复杂的道理，做一些奇怪的事情来吸引人们的注意。他们这样做只是为了得到好名声，即使人们后来会记住他们的好，我也不愿意这样做。还有些人本来是很好的，他们知道应该怎么做才是对的，但他们中途放弃了。我绝对不能接受这样的事情。”
真正优秀的人，他们会坚持做正确的事情，不会做得太过分也不会做得不够。
即使他们住在深山里，没有人知道他们，他们也不会后悔。
只有品德完美的人才能做到这一点。
这就是“半途而废”这个成语的意思。
它用来形容一个人开始做一件事情，但没有做完就放弃了。
Confucius said, "Some people like to study complex principles and do strange things to attract people's attention. They do this just to gain a good reputation, even if people will remember their kindness later, I would not want to do so. There are also some people who are originally very good. They know what is right to do, but they give up halfway. I absolutely cannot accept such a thing."
Truly excellent people, they will persist in doing the right thing, not going too far or not enough.
Even if they live deep in the mountains, unknown to anyone, they will not regret it.
Only those with perfect character can do this.
This is the meaning of the idiom 'giving up halfway'.
It describes a person who starts something but gives up before finishing it.
