Abstract: A method for recovering lithium from a lithium precipitation mother liquor, the method using the following cycle steps including adsorption, displacement, desorption and transformation: a. mounting a lithium-sodium separation resin in a resin column, and adding the lithium precipitation mother liquor to the resin column for adsorption, wherein the adsorption rate can reach 90% or more; b. after adsorption, washing the resin with water, displacing the resin with a lithium-salt-containing solution to wash out residual sodium from the resin; c. after displacement, desorbing the resin by means of an acid solution to obtain a solution with a high lithium content and a low sodium content, which solution has passed desorption criteria; and d. after desorption, carrying out reverse transformation on the resin by means of a transformation solution in order to ensure that no bubbles appear and then reduce the adsorption effect during the adsorption process.