头彩 (tóucǎi): first prize

Meanings

Tā mǎi cǎipiào zhòng le tóucǎi, yī yè zhī jiān chéng le bǎiwàn fùwēng.

He won the jackpot with a lottery ticket and became a millionaire overnight.

Huòdé tóucǎi de gàilǜ jí dī, dàyuē shì yī qiān wàn fēn zhī yī.

The probability of winning the jackpot is extremely low, approximately one in ten million.

memory

头 means head/top + 彩 means prize/colored. The top prize = the head prize. Compare: 二彩 (second prize), 末彩 (last/consolation prize).

头 tóu

彩 cǎi