noun, dialectal
small, dark back room over a kitchen; garret
同志們很多是從上海亭子間來的；從亭子間到革命根據地，不但是經歷了兩種地區，而且是經歷了兩個歷史時代。
同志们很多是从上海亭子间来的；从亭子间到革命根据地，不但是经历了两种地区，而且是经历了两个历史时代。
tóng zhì men hěn duō shì cóng shàng hǎi tíng zi jiān lái de ； cóng tíng zi jiān dào gé mìng gēn jù dì ， bù dàn shì jīng lì le liǎng zhǒng dì qū ， ér qiě shì jīng lì le liǎng ge lì shǐ shí dài ． A good number of comrades have come here from the garrets of Shanghai, and in coming from those garrets to the revolutionary base areas, they have passed not only from one kind of place to another but from one historical epoch to another.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
同志们很多是从上海亭子间来的；从亭子间到革命根据地，不但是经历了两种地区，而且是经历了两个历史时代。
同志們很多是從上海亭子間來的；從亭子間到革命根據地，不但是經歷了兩種地區，而且是經歷了兩個歷史時代。
tóng zhì men hěn duō shì cóng shàng hǎi tíng zi jiān lái de ； cóng tíng zi jiān dào gé mìng gēn jù dì ， bù dàn shì jīng lì le liǎng zhǒng dì qū ， ér qiě shì jīng lì le liǎng ge lì shǐ shí dài ．
A good number of comrades have come here from the garrets of Shanghai, and in coming from those garrets to the revolutionary base areas, they have passed not only from one kind of place to another but from one historical epoch to another.