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Don't vs Can't

shì1
2
wéi3
4
fēi5
6
néng7
It is that you will not do it, not that you cannot.
1. это (было) (this, it [demonstrative pronoun])
2-3. неделание
4. final sentence particle [marking judgment/clause break]
5. а не (is not, it is not that [negation in nominal predicate])
6-7. неспособность (inability)