活受罪

yào tā zhè wǔ yīn bù quán de rén dēng tái chàng gē jiǎn zhí shì huó shòu zuì

要他这五音不全的人登台唱歌，简直是活受罪！

It's agonizing for a lousy singer like him to get up on stage to sing!

tīng nà wú liáo de bào gào jiǎn zhí shì huó shòu zuì

听那无聊的报告，简直是活受罪。

It was a real torture to listen to that dull speech.

měi tiān zǎo shang wǔ diǎn qǐ chuáng jiǎn zhí shì huó shòu zuì

每天早上五点起床简直是活受罪。

Getting up at five o'clock every morning is sheer purgatory.