The invention discloses a method for treating rare earth ammonium chloride wastewater, belonging to the field of wastewater treatment. The method for treating the rare earth ammonium chloride wastewater comprises the steps of: dissolving ammonium chloride rare earth, carrying out organic phase saponification, carrying out extraction separation, recycling wastewater, stripping, carbon-sinking, washing, evaporating, cooling and crystallizing. According to the method, ammonium chloride raffinate and carbon sink mother liquor which are generated by extraction separation on the rare earth are used as the solvents of the ammonium chloride rare earth for recycling so that the ammonium chloride in the wastewater is increased, the ammonium chloride is favorably evaporated and condensed, and energy resource consumption is reduced. Meanwhile, washing liquor of rare earth carbonate precipitates is recycled for preparing a precipitating agent, thus water resources are saved. The mass percent of the ammonium chloride in the recycled finished product is 91.7-96.5 percent in the terms of dry basis; and the economic benefit is remarkable, the wastewater is recycled, and zero emission of the rare earth wastewater is recycled.