suffer while alive; complain (exaggeratedly) about a situation
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to suffer while alive; to have a terrible time
informalA colloquial, hyperbolic expression used to complain about a difficult, annoying, or unpleasant situation, implying it's torture. It is not used for serious suffering.
Dà大
rè热
tiān天
méi没
yǒu有
kōng空
tiáo调
，
jiǎn简
zhí直
shì是
huó活
shòu受
zuì罪
！
Having no air conditioning on a scorching hot day is pure torture!
Yào要
wǒ我
zhè这
wǔ五
yīn音
bù不
quán全
de的
rén人
dēng登
tái台
chàng唱
gē歌
，
jiǎn简
zhí直
shì是
huó活
shòu受
zuì罪
！
Making me, who's tone-deaf, get on stage and sing is sheer agony!
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Tiān天
tiān天
jiā加
bān班
dào到
bàn半
yè夜
，
zhè这
rì日
zi子
zhēn真
shì是
huó活
shòu受
zuì罪
。
Working overtime until midnight every day, this life is really a living hell.
Tīng听
tā他
yī一
kǒu口
qì气
jiǎng讲
sān三
gè个
xiǎo小
shí时
de的
fèi废
huà话
，
wǒ我
men们
dōu都
zài在
huó活
shòu受
zuì罪
。
Listening to him spout nonsense for three hours straight, we were all suffering.