凌晨: very early in the morning, in the wee hours...
讥笑: to sneer...
生肖: one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches, animal from the Chinese zodiac...
拣: to choose, to pick, to sort out, to pick up...
回顾: to look back, to review...
晴: clear, fine (weather)...
细致: delicate, fine, careful, meticulous, painstaking...
秀丽: pretty, beautiful...
坟: grave, tomb, embankment, mound, ancient book...
通讯: communications, news story, dispatch...